In September 2005, the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) sponsored an invitation-only forum to look closely at applying responsiveness to intervention (RTI) to specific learning disabilities (SLD) determination decisions. Thus far, research and school-based practices have perceived RTI as a prevention model focused on…

Five children diagnosed as having a perceptual problem as revealed by the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test received special tutoring to help develop their visual discrimination abilities. The six-week program for teaching the concept of shapes employed kinesthetic, visual, tactile, and verbal processes. (CS)

This article describes the use of tape-recorded staff conferences (staffings) in a clinic for elementary and junior high school children with learning disabilities. The tape-recorded staffings provided rapid feedback to teachers and counselors so that recommendations could be implemented immediately. Written reports were later supplied.…

The author discusses special problems and strategies of the high school counselor in dealing with students with specific learning disabilities (RP)

Presents the background, rationale, and examples for a comprehensive psycholinguistic study of free speech samples obtained from 50 adult aphasics in comparison with those obtained from 50 adult normal speakers. (TO)

Ninety-five subjects (mean age 55 months) with mental retardation, learning disabilities, and/or minimal brain dysfunction and 47 control subjects (mean age 46 months) were compared to determine the relationship between developmental problems and dental morphology. (Author)

Intended for parents of handicapped children, the article describes tests used to evaluate brain functioning. (DB)

The attention controls of 30 learning disabled and 30 normal males (8-to 11-years-old) were tested by a vigilance task in which vigilance was defined as ability to detect infrequently occurring signals over a prolonged time period when signals were embedded in a background of regularly occurring events. (Author/GW)

Dyslexia is often accompanied by secondary emotional reactions by the child himself or by family members. (DB)

Four cases histories are offered as examples of what happens to learning disabled children in later life if not correctly diagnosed and given appropriate remedial instruction. (DB)

Presented are detailed instructions for a demonstration to simulate for educators the experience of the disabled reader. (DB)